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keyle ◴[] No.41884178[source]
This is great for the folks running serverless compute! You get to start a process and let it hang until your credit card is maxed out. /s
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1. hmaxdml ◴[] No.41884472[source]
That was before DBOS -- the serverless platform that bills you only for CPU time, not wall clock time ;) see https://www.dbos.dev/blog/aws-lambda-hidden-wait-costs
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2. internetter ◴[] No.41884599[source]
I don't see how this pricing (or product in general) is any better than cloudflare workers.

To be clear, I am not trying to be mean, I'm just curious to hear why I would pick this over cf.

3. leni536 ◴[] No.41885860[source]
So... do they not charge for sitting idle and consuming memory?